I hardly felt embarrassed at all, as Pam entered, commenting on my clothing as she passed into the room. I suppose I was used to her remarks, and acce...ted her as a co-tormentor with Rachel. I served dinner to the two ladies; I was permitted to eat in the kitchen, though I had very little appetite, as I anticipated the evening ahead. It lived up to, - or down to - my worst expectations. I paraded in one outfit after another, Rachel insisted I wiggle my hips like a real model, and at one stage,. ’ They continued their friendly chit chat. They talked about their childhood, families, jobs-the basic first date topics. The conversation flowed easy and light. After about an hour, Allie suggested that she not keep him any longer, since it was his night off, and she had to work in the morning. The music was still playing, a slow, seductive tenor sax. Nic decided to take advantage of the moment. ‘Well, you can’t leave yet, because I haven’t forgiven you yet.’ ‘What do you mean, you said I had. .. it was only a few short days since that horrible night at Marty Felder's. That nightmare was still indelibly etched in her mind, and there still remained the awful task of telling Phillip the truth about what went on in the Felder penthouse. She knew she had to tell him eventually--it wouldn't be fair to even think about marriage until she'd leveled with him. Maybe he wouldn't want her after he learned the truth... some men couldn't live with the knowledge that their wives had done something. She didn’t sound all that enthusiastic about it so I decided to let her off the hook.“Gina, honey?”“Yeah?”“You’re not allergic to dogs, are you?”“No, why?”“Because if you were, we’d have to put Dawn out in the back yard for Christmas.”“Oh! Dawn’s a dog?!!?” That got her attention. “Is it okay to bring Hector? He loves animals.”“Sure,” I said. “Dawn seems to like everyone so far, bring him along.”She said goodbye and I was more certain than ever that Dawn was going to be pampered around the.